The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-10-12
Retort Of the Democratic Executive Com
m,ttee to the Voters Of the District.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 13, 1884.

resular Democratic Conservative party deem
il incumbent upon them to give to the body
Of the people in this district some explana-
lions OF the methods by which the Hon. Garlic
ton Hunt procured the nomination OF a SELF
constituted conventions" whose respecta-
bility, culture and influence are Haunted in
the faces " the masses.
They consider this fitting occasion upon
which to lend their notice to the declarations
set forth in an address" formulated, in the
name of the Reform Democracy, on Mr..
Hunts behalf
They formally, directly and unequivocally
denounce as f0ully false the imputatlon that
the nomination of the regular party was
offered or promised to any man for money
consideration.
They solemnly deny and challenge proof OF
the assertion publicly made that, without
consulting the people, the nominee Of the
regular Democratic Conservative party had
been selected long before the convention met
to select candidate, and even before the
delegates to that convention had been
elected"
They desire to warn the good people of this
district against the Vaccinations OF the fol,
lowers of one man, who, unter the CLOAK
of reform, seek deliberately, by falsehood
ana Misrepresentation, to deceive and mis-
lead the people.
They direct your attention to the fact that
the party, the methods and the managers
whom it now plaases Mr. Hunt and his cabLl
to arraign and lnalign. are the very party,
methods and men to whom this political
judas ia indebted for his present elevation.
Organized in q single Congressional dis
trict exclusively in the interest OF one mans
candidacy, these honest reform Democrats"
dsingeniously endeayor to Justify their trea-
BON to their party by pretending that the
Organization of the Democratic party for
kept too long away from renewals by elections
by the people, as secured by the usages and
traditions OF the party"
At the very time the SANDER appeared in
the public prints the Hunt people knew that
convention was about to be called by the
executive committee whose appointment had
been made under authority OF the very con-
vention of 1882 whose nomination secured
to Mr.. Hurt his present seat III the Federal
House of Representatives.
These men whom Mr.. Hunt aud the immac-
ulate Freddy King are engaged III 1eviling
and slandering, are the lnen to whom the
reform candidate, with humid eye and
Yaltering voice, acknowledged that he owed
nomination. and election-these, the men to
whom he svore eternal friendship and undy-
ing gratitude.
The usages of the party require that the
functions of the congressional executive
of the convention convened under its call.
TIE history of the Democratic party estab-
fishes that in this respect party traditions
have ever been iealously observed Ill ths First
Congressional District
Mr. Hunt knew and knows, as did the al-
thor of the famous address, f" that the body
CHARGED with the conduct OF the congressional
election in the district had never attempted
To keep away from the people the right to
control and renew the organization OF this
The victims of Mr. Hunts ingratitude say
to Kim that he, OF all men, was bound to de-
fend them against this foul calumny, and
that he, by his silence, has approved and
profited by the falsehood.
This committee affirm that the, reform
Democracy" are seeking to defraud the pub
lie by false pretences.
That while charging the regular organiZa-
ton with conspiring to choose Tor the people
without their consent, these 'reforners, /"
sitting in secret. with no show OF authority.
made up n list Of names chosen from among
the pgrtisaQs Of Mr.. Hunt, called the per-
sons thus selected together, and styled this
newly created ring ''cOnven ton"
That while they certified that the members
of this convention" had been elected they
knew, as did Mr.. John Dymond, who de-
clared the fact over his signature, that the
Democracy of the district had not been con-
suited nor any election held by the people.
That while they vaunt, their devotion to
party traditions, they decline to submit the
claims of their candidate Tor Endorsement by
the people in accordance with Democratic
usages.
That, while they declare their unwavering
fealty to the party, they have inaugurated q
movement which ieopardizes its success.
That, while they declaim against rings"
and ring methods, they themselves stand
forth the champions and representatives OF q
ring within whose narrow circle no man was
permitted to enter whose love for Hunt was
not believed to be more enduring than his
devotion to party.
characters of the men whose former SUI Tort
had forced him into prominence this cring-
ing place-man, this pattern of pure and ex-
allied statesnianship, this most scrnpulous
MIR. Hunt through the chairman OF his own
executive committee sought a nomination at
the hands OF the very men whose methods he
mG!igns
That, when his own Wanted exertions had
proved barren of success, this egotistical
braggart filches the honors won by ADLER
men, and parades the achievements Of Il Ran
dali and an Ellis ~ his very own.
In order that you may appreciate his char
acte", his candidacy and his loyalty the his
tory or the present campaign, as developed
by the facts, is here submitted for your III
It is written vigorously, but accurately, in
the report OF our predecessors to the con-
venton:
RooMs EXECUTIVE CAMPAIGN CoMM1rrEEl
OF the First Congressional District,
New Orleans Sept ~. 1884.
To the President of the Democratic. Conserve
tive Nominating Convention OF the First
Congressional District:
As the members Of your executive commit
tie we come tefore you, i'll obedience to
party traditions, for the purpose of return
ing to the Democracy of the First Congress
sional District, III convention assembled, the
functions and authority which, for short
space. had been entrusted to our keeping
Prior TO tins termination of our official life
we have deemed it to be Within the line of
the present situation of affairs within the
party. Consequent upon the determine ton
of certain gentlemen claiming to be Demo-
Gratis that the Hon. Carleton Hunt, in his
candidacy before the people, should have, at
whatever cost, the prestige of q nomination,
an sSsemblage of pretended delegates has
been held, which, though unaccredited by
any constituency. is pleased to recognize
itself as a party and to insist that its
members are alone authorized to act and
sneak for and in the name OF the Democracy
of the district.
That you may appreciate the true charac-
ter and purposes of this pretended political
crusade, we propose TO narrate the history OF
an intrigue intended to delude the public
into the belle. that the people had been con-
suited and that they Rad approved of the
nomination, while in fact the plot had been
arranged and the tender made exclusively by
q gathering OF political friends of the candi-
date.
Shortly after the return Of Mr.. Hunt to
New Orleans he discovered, to his great dis
comtiture, that the gentlemen to whose ever
tions on his behalf he owes the nomination,
by virtue of which he now graces seat in
Congress. did not consider themselves under
any ohligat on to support his claims for re-
nomination and did not propose to aid his
candidacy. His friends, thoroughly advised